A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 19, 2021
![A rescue worker observes Russian Orthodox believer dipping his daughter in the icy water during a traditional Epiphany celebration in St.Petersburg, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/70ad1614-4f33-4384-98e1-37cfbf6d9d2d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A rescue worker observes Russian Orthodox believer dipping his daughter in the icy water during a traditional Epiphany celebration in St.Petersburg, Russia.
![Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, or Vanda, from the Witoto indigenous tribe, receives the Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, in Manaus, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a8fa3acb-52e4-4099-8f31-6d314686d658_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, or Vanda, from the Witoto indigenous tribe, receives the Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, in Manaus, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2021.
![A boy sifts through a garbage dump near an oil field in the countryside of Malikiya in northeast Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e25072b8-9dbc-4e0b-8b09-1de456c7304d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy sifts through a garbage dump near an oil field in the countryside of Malikiya in northeast Syria.
![A visitor takes part in a tour in Son Doong cave, one of the world's largest natural caves, in central Vietnam's Quang Binh province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2bba6c96-3ce1-4ac4-9dbb-49fa5668bfb8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A visitor takes part in a tour in Son Doong cave, one of the world's largest natural caves, in central Vietnam's Quang Binh province.